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News Andrew Mitchell – “Big Swinging D**k” The briefing against Andrew Mitchell is intensifying, and it’s not exactly showing him in a good light. He… 26th September, 2012, 9:30 am
News Unfortunate staging at Lib Dem conference Nick Clegg will be standing below the words “tough times” during his speech today. How apt: Photo via… 26th September, 2012, 9:01 am
Comment Two years of Ed Miliband – the scorecard Today marks the second anniversary of Ed Miliband’s election as Labour leader. In a few days the party… Mark Ferguson 25th September, 2012, 4:35 pm
Comment David Laws and the 50% tax rate – is this worse than calling a cop a pleb? In her Guardian article today, Polly Toynbee quotes David Laws, now back in government, as saying: “As a liberal,… Brian Barder 25th September, 2012, 3:02 pm
Comment It is time for feminism to become a central pillar of Labour’s manifesto for 2015 In Britain, as across the world, the history of socialism is a history of transformation, progress and change… Ivana Bartoletti 25th September, 2012, 12:30 pm
News Tory councillor booted off council exec after sick “joke” about police shootings Tory councillor David Stephenson has been removed from his post on Erewash Borough Council after making a sick “joke” about… 25th September, 2012, 11:44 am
Comment Ed Miliband – two years in, the verdict Ed Miliband was elected as Labour leader on September 25th 2010, so on the second anniversary of that… 25th September, 2012, 10:16 am
News The police officer’s report of Mitchell’s “f**king pleb” attack in full Great scoop from the Telegraph who have been leaked the report from police officer at the centre of… Mark Ferguson 24th September, 2012, 10:25 pm
News Labour MP refers Andrew Mitchell to Parliamentary Standards Commissioner Sir John Lyon CB Office of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards House of Commons London SW1A 0AA Dear… Bill Esterson MP 24th September, 2012, 5:41 pm
Comment A conference without fireworks – and this is a good thing Usually I would be writing a column at about this point, a week before Labour’s Annual Conference, setting… Luke Akehurst MP 24th September, 2012, 5:08 pm